Understanding Functional Somatic Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: The Roles of Mindfulness, Perceived Stress, and Anxiety
Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology August 12, 2026 Doğa Sevinçok, Hasan Can Özbay, Mutlu Muhammed Özbek
Background: Functional somatic symptoms are common in children and adolescents and are often associated with anxiety and perceived stress. Mindfulness may be protective, but the mechanisms linking mindfulness to somatic symptom severity remain unclear. This study aimed to examine relationships between mindfulness, perceived stress, anxiety, and somatic symptom severity using a serial mediation...